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From: Daniel who wants to know on 17 Mar 2010 22:44
"JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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> OK, meat sock: Maybe YOU would like to explain the operation of a Prius in
> great detail.
>

(assuming the car has SKS)
OK, you get in and press and hold the brake pedal firmly, while still
holding the brake pedal you press the power button and then put on your
seatbelt. Once the car beeps and the READY indicator on the cluster lights
up next to the digital speedometer the car can be driven. Move the joystick
to the left then down and the indicator on the cluster will change from "P"
being highlighted to "D" and the car is in drive, left and up and it is in
reverse, straight left and hold for 1 second and it is in neutral. While in
drive straight down is B mode which is engine braking similar to
downshifting a conventional car. All positions have a corresponding letter
that gets highlighted in the cluster, and releasing the joystick from any
position results in the lever springing back to a rest position.

Once you arrive at the ATM, your house, or whatever, if you want to park but
leave the car on press the park button above the joystick. If you want to
power the car off just press power as there is no need to press park first
because the car automatically engages the parking pawl. In fact if you watch
the cluster closely when pressing the power button you see the highlighted
letter switch to P just before the cluster shuts off.

Without SKS you have to insert the FOB in the slot in the dash before the
power button will respond to power on the car.
Reverse also has a beeper function that sounds similar to the one on a
forklift or big truck but as it is generated by the audio system amp and
comes through the speakers it can only be heard inside the car.


SKS= Smart Key System also known as Smart Entry and Smart Start


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